Question: Setting up a script to watch a folder in OS X?
Question: Setting up a script to watch a folder in OS X?
- Subject: Question: Setting up a script to watch a folder in OS X?
- From: Sven Ryen <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 10:34:50 +0200
(sorry about the empty message I just sent. Something hit my keyboard, and I
was incapable of stopping the message..)
Hi!
A very simple question: Does anybody have examples of a script that can
'watch' a folder, and perform tasks when files are dropped into it, then
output the result to a second folder? (I guess this sounds like a job for
Folder Actions, but the script needs to be capable of running under OS X)
What will happen if files are dropped into the folder while the script is
busy running? Will they be processed after the first file, or do I need to
constantly check the folder for new files while the script is running?
Also, can AppleScript natively parse an XML document, or would it be simpler
to read in a delimited file?
Cheers,
Sven Ryen
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